What to do with an early $8 hand?I think seeing the game end on three piles rather than on all Provinces gone is VERY MUCH dependent on the available cards. The earlier Dominion sets like the basic or Intrigue usually play until all Provinces are gone. The later sets do indeed end with three empty piles more often.

Square cards larger than 70mm (2¾″)If you cannot fit all the information in space that others found sufficient, your game is probably too complicated, and the cards try to do too much for the players to really keep in their heads.